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A legendary Magic Metropolis dancer tells TMZ Sports activities it is clear Luke Kornet‘s by no means visited the strip membership … ‘trigger if he did, he would not have criticized the Atlanta Hawks’ promotion honoring the place.
We spoke with Gigi Maguire — one in all Magic Metropolis’s biggest performers — this week to debate the noise surrounding the NBA crew selling her former office throughout their recreation in opposition to the Orlando Magic on March 16.
Kornet — a Kentucky native and San Antonio Spurs middle — referred to as the tribute disrespectful to girls … however Maguire argues that Luke and different critics have by no means really skilled Magic Metropolis, so their judgment is predicated solely on what they’ve seen in films.
“He ought to see it for himself,” Maguire mentioned. “I feel that lots of people which have a unfavorable of their thoughts about strip are those which have by no means been.”
“They see films like ‘Gamers Membership’ and ‘Hustle & Move,’ and, you understand, they see that the dancers are disrespected in media and so they see the dancers are portrayed to have drug issues and stuff like that, and so they assume that is what it truly is, and I am right here to let you know that it isn’t dangerous. It is not that in any respect.”
Maguire — who retired from Magic Metropolis and is now a businesswoman, producer, and voice on Angela Yee‘s “Lip Service” podcast — burdened that there can be no bare strippers on the recreation, leaving her puzzled by the outrage over the Hawks’ tribute.
“It is not that deep. It is one evening,” Maguire mentioned, “Can adults have one evening to have fun one thing that is essential to the town of Atlanta?”
She additionally referred to as out Kornet for “selective outrage,” noting he hasn’t had the identical power when NBA gamers have been accused of wrongdoing towards girls previously.
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We additionally spoke to a different Magic Metropolis legend concerning the backlash over Hawks’ tribute evening … Sonya Meadows, identified on stage as Platinum. The now-author mentioned stripping is not disrespectful to girls — it is leisure, identical to Cirque du Soleil.
“We will not put a stigma on leisure,” Meadows mentioned.
Will these two girls put a cease to the backlash?? Extremely uncertain … nevertheless it’s clear they’re captivated with setting the document straight.
